Reading time: 2 mins I know what I like. It’s a phrase I use quite often when discussing art, mainly because it’s not an area I’m all that familiar with having never really studied it other than the odd wander round a gallery or two. I’m quite open to most forms of art, and I’ll happily wander round an…
Reading time: < 1 min I am middle aged. I am in the middle of my life, the young foolish years are behind me, the more sensible, thoughtful years, lie before me. Or so says convention but, you know what, I can’t say things like convention have ever bothered me all that much. Don’t get me wrong, I am very…
Reading time: 2 mins Driving home tonight along the A82, I’m doing 58mph in a 50mph zone. As I approach a corner a motorbike zips by me. I round the corner and just as I pass the exit ramp from the local quarry, I spot a blue light. Shit. I immediately take my foot off the accelerator but don’t…
Reading time: < 1 min It’s 10am on Sunday morning, I pick up my water bottle, a small towel and head out the door. I arrive at an almost empty gym and start to warm up. My body resists, my mind suggests that going back to bed might be a better idea and by and large the next hour or…
Reading time: 2 mins A large chunk of the weekend was spent clearing out our garage. We’ve not done if for a couple of years and by god it needed it, full of crap it was. Pots of paint with only an inch left in them, some broken garden electrical equipment, and old tumble dryer, random bits of wood,…
Reading time: < 1 min I’m updating. I’m updating my budget spreadsheet and hating the colour red. I’m updating Twitter. I’m updating my About page, and wondering what else I can write. I’m updating the list of online accounts, usernames and passwords as I’m getting fed up having to hunt for them. I’m updating my list of backup files. I’m…